Academic Excellence for All Students

St. Raymond School believes that all students can and will learn. Teachers support student progress by setting high expectations, maintaining positive and frequent communication with parents and students, participating in collaborative planning and assessments among faculty members, and by providing students multiple ways to access information to show mastery of the skills necessary for each grade level. Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten have full time classroom aides along with the teacher, grades one through three have aides until lunch time, and the junior high grades break up into half classes for math. Fifth and sixth grade also break up for language arts classes.

Music and Physical Education

Music and Physical Education are taught by additional staff members. Music class includes introduction to reading music, vocal coaching, choral singing, and music history. Our music teacher also directs the choir which is available to students from second grade to eighth grade. Our P.E. teacher, Mr. Yudess, has many years of experience teaching P.E., through his class students receive a basic foundation in exercise, stretching, teamwork, and basic knowledge of rules in common sports and activities.

Field Trips

During the academic year, field trips that are directly related to the curriculum and are of educational and/or cultural value may be taken by each grade. In the recent past, students have taken trips to the Museum of Tolerance, the California Science Center, Rally for Life, Riley's Farm, a fire station, a court house, a post office, plays and musicals, just to name a few.